July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [802.15.4 Multipath] Date Submitted: [July 2004] Source: [Paul Gorday] Company: [Motorola] Address: [8000 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, FL, 33322, USA] Voice:[+1 561 723 4047], E-Mail:[paul.gorday@motorola.com] Re: [ IEEE 802.15.4 ] Abstract: [This contribution presents simulated performance of a simple 802.15.4 (2.4 GHz PHY) receiver in multipath channel conditions.] Purpose: [To encourage discussion.]

Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein.
Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15.

Submission

Slide 1

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

Motivation
Proposed modifications to 868/915 MHz PHY consider additional multipath tolerance for longrange applications.
Provide benchmark simulation results for the 2.4 GHz PHY, which would also apply to the proposed down-banded version.

Submission

Slide 2

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

2.4 GHz PHY Simulation

Floating point simulation of optimum non-coherent demodulator. Detection based on largest correlation peak (largest path) No RAKE or equalizer. Assume channel is constant throughout packet (quasistatic) and uncorrelated from packet to packet. Record average packet error rate (PER) vs. Eb/No.

Submission

Slide 3

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

2.4 GHz Channel Model

No channel model was specified by 802.15.4
Commonly used diffuse exponential model
802.11 Handbook [1] 802.15.3a Narrowband Model [2] ETSI BRAN, HIPERLAN/2 [3] Many textbooks [e.g., 4]

Detailed channel models are being developed by 802.15.4a for a variety of environments, but are not finished.

Submission

Slide 4

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

Diffuse Exponential Model

Diffuse each delay bin contains multipath energy
Normalized Average Power
0.25

Exponential average power decays exponentially Fading - each delay bin has independent Rayleigh fading Single Parameter:

0.2

f (k ) Ce kTs / , k 0
C = Normalization Constant Ts = Simulation Sample Period Depicted: = 4Ts

0.15

0.1

0.05

- RMS delay spread = - Mean excess delay - Max excess delay (10 dB) 2.5 - Max excess delay (20 dB) 5

10

12

14

16

18

20

k (Bin #)

Submission

Slide 5

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

Results for 2.4 GHz PHY

Acceptable performance for 400 ns
RMS delay spread = 400 ns Mean excess delay 400 ns Max excess delay (10 dB) 1 s Max excess delay (20 dB) 2 s
10
0

No Fading

10

-1

= = = = = =

0 ns 100 ns 200 ns 300 ns 400 ns 500 ns

PER
10
-2

Results scale with chip rate half-rate at 915 MHz would tolerate RMS delay spreads up to 800 ns

10

-3

10

15

20 Eb/No (dB)

25

30

35

40

Submission

Slide 6

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

802.11a/HIPERLAN/2 Models [3]

Channel A B C D Environment Typical office (NLOS) Typical large open space (NLOS) Large open space indoor (NLOS) Large open space indoor/outdoor (LOS) RMS Delay Spread (ns) 50 100 150 140

Large open space outdoor (NLOS)

250

Submission

Slide 7

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

IEEE 802.11 Handbook [1]

RMS Delay Spread (ns) < 50 ~ 100 200-300

Environment Typical Home Typical Office Typical Manufacturing

Submission

Slide 8

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

Factory/Office Measurements [4]

Location A B Type Factory Factory Mean RMS Delay Spread (ns) 16 29 Max RMS Delay Spread (ns) 40 60

C
D E F G H

Factory
Factory Factory Office Office Office

52
73 33 16 39 55

152
150 146 48 55 146

Tx-Rx separation < 30 m

Submission Slide 9

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

Conclusions
802.15.4 (2.4 GHz PHY) with simple noncoherent demodulator can tolerate RMS delay spreads up to 400 ns sufficient for most WLAN applications, more than enough for WPAN applications. Down-banded, half-rate 2.4 GHz PHY would tolerate RMS delay spreads up to 800 ns. Additional delay spread tolerance may be achievable with some increase in demodulator complexity.
Submission Slide 10

Paul Gorday, Motorola

July 2004

doc.: IEEE 802.15-04-0337-00-004b

References
[1] B. OHara and A. Petrick, IEEE 802.11 Handbook A Designers Companion, IEEE Press, 1999. [2] J. Foester, Channel Modeling Sub-committee Report (Final), IEEE P802.15-02/490r1-SG3a, Feb. 2003. [3] J. Medbo and P. Schramm, Channel Models for HIPERLAN/2, ETSI/BRAN doc. No. 3ERI085B, 1998. [4] K. Pahlavan and A. Levesque, Wireless Information Networks, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

Submission

Slide 11

Paul Gorday, Motorola